Early warning and response systems for respiratory disease outbreaks

Lessons learnt from cluster-associated cases of acute respiratory illnesses in Gilgil subcounty, Nakuru County, Kenya, 2021

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ID21879643
AutoresPhilip Ngere (0009-0004-6164-7972, Washington State Department of Health), Radhika Gharpure (0000-0002-0702-5628, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Stella Mamuti (0000-0001-7318-550X, Ministry of Health), Peninah Munyua (0000-0003-1950-8616, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), M Kariuki Njenga (0000-0002-7629-7002, Washington State University), Lyndah Makayotto (Ministry of Health), Linus Ndegwa (0000-0002-3609-7962, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Erenius Lochede Nakadio (Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya), Erenius Nakadio (Ministry of Health), Rosalia Kalani (0009-0008-2759-9443, Ministry of Health), Ahmed Abade (Ministry of Health), Elizabeth Kiptoo (Nakuru County Council), Jacob Rotich (Nakuru County Council), Emily Cheruiyot (Nakuru County Council), Gideon O Emukule (0000-0001-6581-242X, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Eric Osoro (0000-0001-5133-4279, Washington State Department of Health), Shirley Lidechi (0000-0003-4418-0026, Kenya Medical Research Institute), Amy Herman-Roloff (0000-0002-3027-5940, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Arunmozhi Balajee (Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria), Arunmozhi Arunmozhi Balajee (Division of Viral Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Año2025
Volumen10
Número2
Páginase016418
Fecha de publicación2025-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
EditorialBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016418
PMID40010777
OpenAlexW4407984668
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

Investigating acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) is difficult due to non-specific symptoms, varied health-seeking behaviors, and resource limitations; yet early detection is critical to global health security. Kenya's Ministry of Health (MOH) uses the Integrated Disease Surveillance strategy for public health surveillance, incorporating event-based surveillance (EBS) and indicator-based surveillance (IBS) for early warning system. MOH, supported by the US-CDC, established Influenza Sentinel Surveillance (ISS) in 2006 and later launched community EBS (CEBS) and health facility EBS (HEBS) pilots to enhance surveillance for COVID-19. On March 2, 2021, the CEBS system detected a signal of “Two or more people presenting with similar signs and symptoms in a community within a week” in a county. Investigations launched on March 4, 2021, investigations revealed unreported ARI cases which had been missed by both the ISS and IBS. A total of 176 ARI cases were line-listed with 91/176 (51.7%) aged

Christian ministry · Disease · Disease surveillance · Early warning system · Environmental health · Medical emergency · Outbreak · Pathology · Public health · Public health surveillance · Respiratory illness · Respiratory system · Warning system · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Influenza Virus Research Studies · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine